Announcement
[EDIT: submissions are now open — e-mail them to me at mhc1@4-lom.com or use the submission form. Preferably posted after 1st March 2007. Carnival information page is now here, or see link on sidebar]
I’m back, having more or less successfully moved to a new server and upgraded from Wordpress 2.0.9 to 2.1.2 (something seems to have gone wrong with character encoding during the move but I can live with it!).
I can now announce that the first Military History Carnival will be held here on Thursday 12th April. Once I’ve written the information page and added the carnival to Blog Carnival (probably by the end of tomorrow) submissions can begin.
I decided to go with Military History Carnival to show that military history can be broad and inclusive, and that the word “military” is nothing to be scared or ashamed of.
The cut-off date will be 1st January 2001, ie history will be defined as the 20th century and earlier.
The carnival will continue to be held around the middle of every month for as long as I can get hosts. The exact date is up to the host. It should be as close to the 15th as possible, but it will probably be more convenient to do it at the weekend before or after. (Ironically, 15th April is at a weekend but I’ll be away at a conference.)
Could anyone who wants to host e-mail me and say whether you have any preference for which month you do it.
Comment by Ross Mahoney — 4:34 pm, 12 March 2007 [permanent link to this comment]
I’m new to blogging so I am going to ask a daft question. What is a carnival?
Comment by Gavin Robinson — 5:25 pm, 12 March 2007 [permanent link to this comment]
A blog carnival is a collection of links to posts at other blogs, usually on a certain theme. It happens at a different blog every month (or whenever) and the owner of that blog acts as host, selecting posts to be included and putting it all together. Other people can suggest posts to be included, either their own or other people’s. It’s a good way of cross-promoting blogs, creating a sense of community in the blogosphere, and collecting the best posts on a particular topic.
For example, I hosted the 46th History Carnival here. That should give some idea of what it’s all about. History Carnival is a very general one which covers all history, but there are also more specialised carnivals for some periods or topics.
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